take to the streets, or in one way or another voice the rejection to this decree past by the council of ministerssouthern counsel in the council of ministers have been saying that because this is the will of the people since they came out in december 2018, going forward, they will try to fulfill that and bring stability sudanan and make sure -- and make sure the transition is smooth until elections. >> thank you very much, indeed. in iraq, 30 three reported killed after security forces opened fire on antigovernment protests in a southern city. earlier the army dispatched commanders to provincial areas to restore order. we are hearing 11 people were killed, 800 injured in an area where protesters set fire to the iranian consulate on wednesday. iraq's foreign minister has calm his counterpart to apologize. we have this report from baghdad. >> in iraq, a dramatic escalation, hundreds of antigovernment protesters storming the compound of the iranian consulate late wednesday in the southern city, setting parts of the diplomatic mission on fire, replacing an iranian flight with the iraqi flag you'd >>

to the streets or in one way or another voice a rejection of this decree that has been passed by the sovereign council and the council of ministers but the supreme council and the council up with its ministers have been saying that because this has been the will of the people since they came out understand very 2080 going on forwards they are going to try to fulfill that to try to bring stability to sit there and try to basically make sure that this transition period is stable and until elections are held in 20 twentieth's in a given moment thank you very much indeed. in iraq at least $33.00 people are reported to have been killed after security forces opened fire on anti-government protests in the southern city of nasiriyah earlier the army dispatched commanders to provincial areas with instructions to restore order we're also hearing of 11 people killed and 800 injured in a jeff where protest is set fire to the iranian consulate on wednesday iraq's foreign minister has called his iranian counterpart to apologize over the incident my mage i'm jim the ports from baghdad. in iraq a dramatic escalation hundreds of anti-government p

a go but those of the state abilities he's very important i think and high time now to the council of ministers to collectively take responsibility and to take the political decisions that are required to indeed give. more to additional approve this is the answer we do that has been missing for the past few months this is not a new issue women others have been born he says generally that they're going to need to get ready in trees its capacity for a coalition and so for those lies was not heeded and really we are related to 5 to midnight and i hope that that the council of ministers will move towards in the next day or so to make sure these new science can. immediately and can you remind us why these new sites and needed the cause in fact there's no i believe out of trust there's no water as to how concerned are you about you know how the cold weather is going to affect people that well i mean i think we have to be very blunt if i may if we don't have new sides with say the next week or 2 and then he spoke of rationing do we brew until at least the rules of inclusion and also potentially of peo

the future of in the german relations after the meeting kinds went back to the central committee was laos has note he altered the agenda for that so that as minister the chairman of the council of ministers has suggested a regulation which i want to read out now because it will have such an effect that i don't want to pass it without 1st consulting the central committee the following transitional regulations regarding trips and permanent departures will be implemented with immediate effect that it was rounded off personal trips to other countries can be applied for with out reasons such as family events or the like. eyes on a bunch of commission will be granted at short notice and ports with travel permits will only be declined in exceptional cases. viewed as my home i was. whatever we do we won't do it right but this is the only solutions allows us to avoid doing everything via 3rd states which isn't good for our international reputation. no one in the room appeared to understand the momentous import of the paper they didn't realize it would allow all these german citizens to travel that's the only explanation of why the draft was passed without much discussion at the end t

taxonomy has been released and consulted extensively but it has yet to be approved by the council of ministers so that will be crucial if that happens, around 2023 this would start getting implemented and it would move very quickly in a major regional economy. finally there is the climate resilience principles launched this year by the climate bond initiative, focused very much on the bond space. you've heard of green bonds, they are everywhere. washington dc should its own green bond for water and the problem is a lot of these bonds are focused mostly on the mitigation side. we haven't done much for adaptational resilience and what these standards do is to help define exactly what our, quote, allowable high-quality credible activities for adaptation and resilience so there is good material out there, building blocks out there but we have yet to take the big step of endorsing and turning these into law. what should congress do? the first thing i would say is to reflect on what we have learned for the last 5 years and begin to realize there are limitations to voluntary disclosure regime we are

front of the of the presidential palace this morning they're saying that nullifying that act is not enough that there should be more done by the by the sovereign council and the council of ministers to nullify other acts in the penal code otherwise this is just a step but not complete fulfillment of the demand that they have been making for years now. morgan live in khartoum thank you very much indeed the un's high commissioner for refugees says he's seen disturbing conditions in greece's crowded refugee camps for the 4 grandees spent 2 days visiting camps in the island of less force so far and 29000 more than 65000 people have arrived in greece and 80 percent increase only a year before randy is urging other european countries to accept more asylum seekers and sense the camps must improve. i found the conditions in which people live. in extremely disturbing. very inadequate access to basic services a situation of generalized tension often resulting in violence expression violence against minors violence within the communities themselves but because of the situation the most penalized are certainly women and children in especially the high number of unaccompanied i'm accompanied

the taxonomy has been released and consulted extensively but has yet to be approved by the council of ministers. that will be crucial. if that happens, around 2023 this would start getting implement and and move quickly into a major regional economy. and finally, there the climate resigns prince was launched this year by the climate bond initiative this is focused on the bonds space. you may have heard about green bonds, they're everywhere. the city of washington, d.c. issued its own green bond for water. theseoblem is a lot of bonds are focused mostly on the mitigation side and we have not done much with green bonds for adaptation resilience. what the standards do end up your eye was part of the process-- wri was part of the process, is to define what are allowable, high-quality credit will activities for adaptation. and for resigns. there is good material out there and billy box out there. but we have yet to take the big step or of actually endorsing and turning these into law. so what should congress do? the first thing is to reflect on what we have learned the last five years and realized o

it's been consolidated, but it's yet to be approved by the council of ministers. that will be crucial. if that happens, then around 2023 this would start getting implemented and it would move very quickly in a major economy, major regional economy. and finally, there's the climate resilience principles that were launched this year by the climate bonds initiative. this is focused very much on the bonds space. you might have heard about green bonds, they're everywhere. washington, d.c. issued its own green bond for water. and these bonds are focused mostly in the mitigation side, we haven't really done very much in green bond for adaptation or resilience. with these standards do, and it was part of the process, is to help define exactly what are quote unquote, allowable high quality credible activities for adaptation and resilience. there's building blocks out there but we've yet to take the big step of actually indooendor and turning these into law. what should congress do? i think the first thing i'd say is to reflect on what we have learned over the last five yea

there's to be a changing of the guard today at the european council where the outgoing president, donald tusk, is to be replaced by the former prime ministerium, charles michel. the eu council is the institution which brings together the leaders of the member states in a decision—making body. mr tusk has used his position to make clear his passionate opposition to brexit, which he described as a symptom of a british longing for lost empire. gareth barlow reports. after five years in the job, donald tusk has left the building. it is time to say goodbye, he wrote on twitter, along with a video of himself running towards the european council for the last time. the incoming president, the former belgium leader, charles michel, officially begins is 2.5 year term on friday and the transition of power will be marked by a ceremony. donald tusk has been a central figure in brexit negotiations. the situation is quite complex, following events over the weekend in the uk, and the british requests for an extension of article 50. and there will be keen interest in charles michel's style when dealing with the uk. he is expected to vigorously defend eu in

of e. on. the european council has a new president. the former prime ministerng over from donald tusk. mr tusk had been a passionate and vocal opponent of brexit. the eu council brings together the leaders of the member states in a decision—making body but does not negotiate laws. the families of those who died in the 1989 hillsborough disaster have reacted angrily, after a jury found the match commander on the day not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. it had been alleged that david duckenfield had a "personal responsibility" for what happened, as our correspondent judith moritz reports. david duckenfield has been a blame figure for 30 years, in charge at hillsborough when disaster happened. that he failed isn't in dispute but his trial ended with a not guilty verdict, and with tears for the hillsborough families. 96 people have found to have been unlawfully killed to a criminal standard by an inquestjury, and somebody has got to be held responsible for 96 deaths. the families have struggled to reconcile the two different court processes they have gone t

special representative layla's ruki took part today in a meeting of the national security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders she stressed that she understood the people's anger and frustration after further deadly attacks by militia known as the allied to democratic forces otherwise known as the a.d.f. the mission will work closely with the authorities to jointly find solutions for the people of benny in lebanon supporters of 2 shia movements have been fighting with anti government protesters for the 2nd night running as butler and imo oppose protests demands for a complete overhaul of lebanon's para sharing system the posts are divided on a sectarian basis that some of the worst violence since protests against the ruling elites began last month scenes like these are putting lebanon's military and security forces into an increasingly difficult position they've gone to great lengths to protect anti-government demonstrators for more than a month confronting the powerful iran backs hezbollah could ruin the neutral stance the military 6 to maintain and split its ranks the army is one of the

special representative layla's ruki took part today in a meeting of the national security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders she stressed that she understood the people's anger and frustration after further deadly attacks by militia known as the democratic forces otherwise known as the a.d.f. the mission will work closely with the authorities to jointly find solutions for the people of benny in lebanon supposes it to share movements have been fighting anti-government protesters for a 2nd night running hezbollah and amal opposes protests as demands for a complete overhaul of lebanon's power sharing system where posts are divided on a sectarian basis. a politician from the chilean president's party has fought outraged by suggesting that no maliki can't be restored without violating human rights senator and as i am on made the remarks hours before another round of protests demonstrations began more than 2 months ago over an increase in metro fares and social inequality coming up next hear it out is there the strain. yes there are we. believe the 2 state solution do you still believe in the

special representative layla's ruki took part today in a meeting of the national security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders she stressed that she understood the people's anger and frustration after further deadly attacks by militia known as the allied to democratic forces otherwise known as the a.d.f. the mission will work closely with the authorities to jointly find solutions for the people of the ne all right now we can speak on the line to say or produce what county he's on the line from benny in east india i'll see. what is the situation on the streets of the city today. this story to remain calm says does more ning but in some ways from the team those who protested yesterday some of them away. this morning they tried to print and the store name on the main boulevard there is law which is allowed to move around and also only motorcycles and these motorcycles mainly from these protestors so they can become easily moved around but it is normal for mats there is it to shut down here in this town or any then i've been around the un. everything down deuce not being inside we have compet

general's special representative layla's took part today in a meeting of the national security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders she stressed that she understood the people's anger and frustration after further deadly attacks by militia known as the allied democratic forces otherwise known as the a.d.f. the mission will work closely with the authorities to jointly find solutions for the people of the ne. well mary's carney is co-founder and executive director of friends of the congo a group that advocates for peace he explains why the un has consistently failed. carlie's people across the border really calling for them to to leave because they haven't been able to fulfill on their mission in. keeping the peace there hasn't really been a peace to keep since the end of the war in 2000 to 2003 there's been an ongoing conflict this simmering conflict. led of course by a multitude of militia groups but also backed by by congo's neighbors so there is a real question and no congolese are mobilizing to call for the u.n. to to retreat however once that happens. responsibility is certainly going to b

that up until now there's been a crackdown on women we've complained the prime minister and the president of the ministry council the police are still chasing women and why. we are all civilian why is the still happening to these problems are deep rooted and have to be completely uprooted so to have good management. the authorities in sudan are promising to improve the situation for all women their rights were severely restricted after former leader omar al bashir came to power in a coup backed by islamists 1989. so limit sharif has a government committee set up to combat violence against women. and then i'll begin when we have a lot of systemic violence against women aimed at limiting their participation in political and social life. and we have laws that encourage violence against women. you're in forces commit violence against women and not criminals. but whatever the new sydney's government decides to cook up to rectify past wrongs it's already too late for some women. and. donna was flogged 9 years that got it for allegedly drinking alcohol she's still too afraid to reveal her real identity. and was going t

spoke in new york on behalf of the european members of the un security council. nato foreign ministersussels to prepare a leaders summit in two weeks. the preparations, amid tensions over emmanuel macron's complaints about the death of the alliance. the secretary-general told reporters today that nato has no intention to put weapons in space. we are defensive alliance and our approach will remain in line with international law. domain will a new help ensure that all aspects are taken into account. i'm mark on july the first word news. -- i'm mark crumpton with first word news. >> president trump is touring an apple plant in austin, texas. we understand steven mnuchin is there also. this is all about being made in america. >> my hometown kind of. i guess it's sort of demonstrating that high tech can be made in america. quite this is a political move. tim cook has gotten a lot of praise from investors. despiteowing that apple making a lot of products overseas is still an american company and they can do things here in america. let's also bring you breaking news that we had a little while

him of his minister and privy council to the queen the woman baker exposes the british want to see for what it is in his new book and what do you do what the royal family don't want you to know norman welcome back to going underground so and what do you do it's not a job you do what that's how the queen would say yes companion volume to the new netflix crown season 3 that is doing such good business can you really understand any of these things without reading the book. i think reading the book will offer to give you a greater insight and it's a sensible piece of work at some but you will work and in contrast to the way that the media often deals with the royals which is a kind of rather pathetic way of wondering what kate's wearing today or what toy prince george's playing with you know this part of our constitution but entitled to have a serious analysis of what it does why does what it does so much it costs less and when people are talking about the general election campaign whoever wins the general election m.p.'s will have to give an oath in parliament to serve the monarchy explai

special representative layla cerruti took part today in a meeting of the national security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders she stressed that she understood the people's anger and frustration after further deadly attacks by militia known as the allied to democratic forces otherwise known as the a.d.f. the mission will work closely with the authorities to jointly find solutions for the people of the any. tensions in lebanon's capital beirut have escalated for a 2nd nights in a row supporters of 2 shia movements hezbollah and amal have been clashing with anti-government protesters hundreds of thousands of people are calling for a complete overhaul of the political system. a u.s. judge has ordered former white house counsel donegan to appear before the impeachment inquiry it's a setback for president donald trump safir to keep top aides from testifying and it could encourage democrats in the house of representatives to call on other high ranking officials to give evidence the justice department says it will appeal against the verdicts mcgann was a witness in special counsel robert muller'

special representative layla's ruki took part today in a meeting of the national security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders tensions in lebanon's capital beirut have escalated for a 2nd 1000 a row supporters of to share movement has well and amala clashing with anti-government protesters hundreds of thousands are calling for a complete overhaul of lebanon's fanatical system who the rebels in yemen say they have launched a series of rocket 10 drone attacks on a saudi u.a.e. a military campaign. in the south of yemen they claim they have killed or injured up to 350 feet fall a saudi u.a.e. coalition though hasn't confirmed the attack. in chile a politician from the president's party has suggested that no mali tea cannot be restored without violating human rights senator i am on made the remarks hours before another round of anti-government protests and amnesty international report says chile security forces have deliberately injured protesters during more than a month of demonstrations the senator's comments have led to a wave of anger on social media in chile. hong kong's they are carry

of hope. it's time for real change. thank you. among the plans 100,000 council houses a year until 2025 and nationalising railways, mail, water and energy companies. the former first ministerncluding one of attempted rape.

place for the outgoing and incoming presidents of the european council current president is handing over the reins to shout of a former belgian prime minister will take up his new role december 1st praised his predecessor saying toasts can prove to be a true fighter for europe. is also leaving his post as the new commission president here's what he had to say. they are not much of a one for goodbyes i'm sure enough he is i have had enough of that. but i can tell you that i'm leaving my house at the head of the commission. with a sense an amount of satisfaction. to such folks. because of the. various regrets. but i am happy to leave because. being commission president is a topic that is not particularly easy. so you don't mind me of the title of the book i received recently. the most difficult job of do with. more on the story now with max hoffman in brussels hi max it's really an end of an era there in brussels with the both presidents of the european council and the commission donald tusk younger handing over the reins and you heard just held his very last briefing how did he sum up his time. there were some regrets some satisfaction as we

of setting up a business that as behind regional neighbors like looking at fossil binny and ivory coast during today's inaugural germany ghana business council my colleague rob what's asked trade minister alan chair a mountain why foreign investors should choose ghana. we. suspect it's because of joyce richter for his face ghana has a strong economy which is very important for you vestments secondly we believe. that we have the best credentials for democratic governance we have a strong political system which is very stable we also offer a very safe and secure environment for investors which i think everybody agrees is very important by that goes beyond that also. a fair transparent. judicial system which again supports foreign investment rule but that there are barriers for foreign investors in ghana borrowing rates very high you rank behind some of your neighbors in terms of the ease of setting up a business is that something you're working on now intense or business reclusion. we promised that in west africa we had a number one investment business and the evidence is the record is that and beyond that also we've introduced a business regulatory reforms which addresses the challenges

japan say pyongyang fired 2 projectiles into the sea thursday that in breach of a un security council ban. sudan's justice minister says the government has repealed laws regulating women's dress and public behavior. comes just days after protesters in khartoum called for an end to violence against women. rights groups had condemned the conservative dress code and the flogging of women. as well. medical sources say iraqi forces have shot at least $25.00 protesters in the southern city of nasiriya as unrest continues to grip that country. on wednesday deming strangers set fire to the iranian consulate in the city of knowledge off outrage over unemployment corruption and iranian influence have been fueling the protests. this is news still to come on the show. the football crowd crushed the calls $96.00 deaths. the police commander at that disaster the disaster in britain 30 years ago has been cleared of manslaughter we'll hear why the families of the victims are angered by that bird. and not just an arcade game but one of dozens of peace sports booming around the world we find out how a computer based competition off

of a u.n. security council bans. sudan's justice minister says the government has repealed laws regulating women stress and behavior in public announcement comes just days after protesters in khartoum called for an end to violence against women rights groups had condemned the conservative dress code and the flogging of women saying they had to. wear pressure on multiple government is increasing over the slow investigation into the murder of journalist dafna car wanna believe. the prime minister held an emergency cabinet last night that went on for nearly 7 hours angry protesters gathered outside his office as the prime minister met inside over what they say is a government cover up earlier this week his former chief of staff he is from where he was arrested by police over alleged links to the kids he was later released without charge. now among the protesters last night was a son who's also an investigative journalist. we're here because even though there is rock solid evidence that the prime minister she forced off is probably the biggest c

of ukraine's national security council. >> did will danyliuk offer you a position of defense minister with the ukrainian government? >> he did. >> how many times did he do that? >> i believe it was three times. >> do you have any reason why he asked you to do that? >> i don't know, but every single time i dismissed it. upon returning, i notified my chain of command and the appropriate counter intelligence folks about the offer. >> multiple right wing conspiracy theorists including rudolph giuliani have accused you of harboring loyalty toward ukraine. they've accused you of espionage and dual loyalties. we've seen that this morning. the three minutes asking you about the offer made to make you the minister of defense that may have come clothed in a brooks brother suit, and in parliamentary language, that was designed exclusively to give the right wing media an opening to question your loyalties. >> we should note in light of lieutenant colonel vindman now being in the public eye and under criticism, the u.s. army tells nbc news, it is working with civilian authorities to ensure that he and his family are properly pr

criticism from neighboring jordan whose foreign minister record the palestinians warning of, quote, dangerous consequences. in 2014 the united nations security councilassed a resolution calling settlements, quote, flagrant violation of international law. since then israeli prime minister benjamin and yahoo has promised to extend israeli settlements in the west bank taking the region another step further from a peace deal between israelis and palestinians, the american government recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and recognizing settlements are both nonstarters for palestinian leadership when it comes to the trump administration's deal of the century peace plan. >> this did not stop mike pompeo from claiming that the announcement could help find political solutions for the conflict, there is no evidence to support his claim. fox news has spoken with all of the major palestinian factions in gaza and the west bank, the day of rage extends to gaza were two rockets were fired into southern israel this evening. >> thank you. chicago top the list of cities confiscating the most guns so far this year. that news comes despite the toughest gun la

with its leadership before the fall of saddam hussein others include former prime ministers nouri al maliki at every amount of fiery and former islamic supreme council leader amar al hakim and his late father is al hakim both political and military leaders said to maintain a quote special relationship with temp grant which was detailed in a series of intelligence reports leaked to u.s. media earlier this month iran's also allied with the armed group the popular mobilisation forces the group is sanctioned by baghdad but some say the group represents an iranian military presence in the country. so let's bring in our guests for today's discussion from london we're joined by joe what a member of the research committee of the middle east center at the london school of economics via skype from hartford ship salon hushing me legal advisor to the national council for iraqi opposition at a city a solicitor from turkey iran for what is already professor at the university of tehran in the faculty of world studies a warm welcome to you all gentlemen let's start with you it's clear that protesters are angry about what they see as iranian influence in iraq but ar

president uncle juncker will be replaced by germany's arsenal of dandelion council president ronald tosca is handing over to former belgian prime minister charles michel i've already marked the event with this and while it passing of a ceremonial bell. our web site is right there al jazeera talk com they're easy to find take a look at it when you get a moment. these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera rocky prime minister monti has announced he intends to resign it follows a call for a leadership change by a top cleric after anti-government protests left more than 400 people dead in genius in norway are the parliament from which this current government is drawn is asked to reconsider its choice in this regard and to act according to iraq's interest and preserve the blood evidence children to prevent the country from slipping into violence chaos and destruction we confirm again that attacks against peaceful protesters are forbidden as well as them being prevented from having the right to demand reforms we also confirm that attacking private and public property is forbidden and that property should not be left to be attacked by infi

there is a changing of the guard at the european council in brussels later today, with belgium's former prime ministerresident donald tusk. president trump has made an unannounced trip to afghanistan, telling us troops he believes the taliban are open to ceasefire. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the washington post, and afghanistan, where president trump visited for the first time, delivering thanksgiving greetings to us troops deployed here. mr trump announced he had resumed peace negotiations with the taliban. 0n the reuters news website, outgoing eu council president donald tusk has said us president donald trump poses one of the biggest challenges for the european union, because he is praying for the breakup of the bloc. former belgian pm charles michel, who will become the new president in a handover ceremony today, has said the eu also risks splits over the coming brexit trade talks. the telegraph, like many uk papers, looks at the fallout following a recent tv climate change debate. uk prime minster borisjohnson, w

seen a large number of people member of the parliament they have written letters to the prime minister to the foreign secretary to the un sick to even the city council president and i think the have very strongly conveyed to condemn nation of the action there's no condemnation by the boers or on some government well i think the parliamentarians they have they have condemned this action. we have taken up this matter with the british government also the promised has spoken to the promise of those johnson you might be a very that the necessary committee of parks are met the outcome was a number of decisions one of the decision was to actually approach the use of the council members the pony members be 5 members to raise this issue because we are deeply concerned on many accounts what's happening in the in your cupboard you mentioned a figure about 46000 something of that in render bodies at 42 i think when one person is. is martyred a good kid gets killed. everybody knows about it but when it comes to schools of killings people just start counting the numbers even by that token his stylistics is absolutely incorrect if you look at the various reports o

special representative layla's ruki took part today in a meeting of the national security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders. tensions in lebanon's capital beirut have escalated for a 2nd night in a row supporters of to share movements hezbollah and amal have been clashing with anti-government protesters hundreds of thousands are calling for a complete overhaul of the lebanese political system in kenya the number of people killed in landslides and flooding in the northwest has risen to 65 rescue workers have been sent to westfall caught close to the border with uganda but are being hindered by bad conditions who the rebels in yemen say they have launched a series of rocket and drone attacks on a saudi u.a.e. military campaign in the south of yemen they claim to have killed or injured up to 350 people the saudi u.a.e. coalition though hasn't confirmed the attack. a politician from chile's president's party has suggested that normality cannot be restored without violating human rights senator andras i am and made the remarks hours before another round of anti-government protests an amnest